Crystal Castles

Fox Pomona Theatre

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Canadas computerized post-pop band Crystal Castles started as an accidentor an experiment, depending on what youd call it when a scratch sound check and a MySpace page add up to launch one of the most unexpected buzz bands of the mid-2000s. Early songs such as Alice Practice (featuring supercharged vocals from Alice Glass, then fresh from a local punk band) were built from the death rattles of 1,000 tortured Nintendo sets, and their collaboration with LA band Health on the song Crimewave became something of a surprise jumpstart for both bands. Four years later, and theyre happily kind of gigantic, scoring the Cures Robert Smith for guest spotshe fits perfectlyand colliding vintage minimal electronica with Rough Trade-style fringe-punk intensity.
Thu., March 3, 7 p.m., 2011